Dispensing and refrigerating apparatus



April 2s, 1936. J. GIORDANO 2,038,729

DISPENSING AND REFRIGERATING APPARATUS f Filed March 2, 1935 PatentedApr. 28, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE DISPENSING AND REFRIGERATINGAPPARATUS 4 Claims.

This invention is an improved dispensing and refrigerating apparatus.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved apparatus in whicha number of different beverages or other liquid materials may be storedand cooled and from which they may be selectively dispensed as required.

In the invention herein disclosed, a set of separate vessels are secureddetachably to a base section and a top section cooperates with the basesection to hold the vessels in assembled relation. Furthermore, the topsection also forms means to promote the filling of the vessels Withoutdisassembling the apparatus and it also controls the discharging of thecontents of the several vessels.

The invention is disclosed on the drawing in which Fig. 1 is a verticalsectional view through the device;

Figs. 2 to 6 are sectional views taken on the lines 2 2, 3 3, 4 4, 5 5and 6 6 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 7 to 10 show details of the invention.

The spindle which extends through the center of a nozzle 2 and piston orplug valve 3, is screw threaded into a rotary disk 4 and terminates in atapered end seated in a stationary disk 5 independent containers 6 areso formed and arranged, as shown in Fig. 6, as to provide a centralspace in which an element 1 may be positioned.

Disk 5 together with a valve body 8 forms the hollow top section of thecomposite receptacle and the nozzle 2 is screw threaded to said valvebody. A spindle bushing 9 is adjustably screwed to the lower end ofnozzle 2 and a rotating means or manipulative means on spindle turns thesame and the disk 4 to the desired positions while a spider I2 may beemployed to aid in centering the plug or piston valve 3 in the nozzle 2.

A anged ring I3 is carried by the disk 5 and engages an outwardlyextending iiange on each of the vessels 6. The vessels are also securedby a second ange ring I3 to a base section I4, which has a centralopening |5 through which element I may be passed in inserting saidelement into or removing it from the space dened by the walls of vessels6.

The valve body 8 is secured to disk 5 by screws I6 and is shaped to forma space within which disk 4 is rotatably mounted. A series ofsymmetrically disposed nipples I1 and a nipple I8 are tted in aperturesin disk 5, said nipple I8 and said nipples |'I being located in linewith the positions normally occupied, respectively, by element I and thevessels 6. The rotary disk 4 is (Cl. 22S-21) provided with an opening I9positioned to register selectively with nipples II, while a secondopening 20 in the said disk 4 may be moved into register with openingI8, if desired.

Nozzle 2 is provided with ports 2| which may be closed by the pistonvalve 3 when required. When said ports 2| are opened, and the disk 4 ismoved to the proper position, the contents of the Vessels 6 or theelement 'I may be selectively discharged by way of the appropriatenipples II, I8, and apertures I9, 20, and the space in valve body 8 andthrough the ports 2| and nozzle 2.

A rubber ring 22 forms a packing between ring I3 and disk 5, while agate 25 may be swingingly secured to a closure for the opening in baseI4 clamps 24 being provided to receive the ends of the gate when theclosure is to be held in position to close said opening.

By means of a screw 23, a hand wheel provided with a collar 26 isscrewed to spindle I, which passes through a rubber ring 2I in saidcollar. An indicator pin 28 projects from said wheel into position tocooperate with a scale on nozzle 2 to indicate the position of theopenings in the disk ,4 with respect to the nipples. |1 and I8.

One or more arms 29 are secured by a member I to the piston valve 3 tomanipulate the same. Screws 30 are passed through lugs on disk and basesection I4 to hold the clamping rings I3 in position.

In the use of the device, any of the vessels 6 and. the element I, ifsaid element be in the form of a hollow container, may belled throughnozzle 2, the space in valve body 8 and the respective nipple II or I8after the piston valve 3 is moved to uncover ports 2| and the opening I9or the opening 20 is brought into register with the proper nipplecarried by disk 5. The contents of members 6, I may also be dispersedselectively by inverting the device after the members 3 and 4 areproperly manipulated. The element I may take the form of a cartridge orholder containing a suitable refrigerant or may even be the evaporatorelement of a refrigerator, such element projecting through the openingnormally closed by gate I5. However, the element I may, as abovedescribed, take the form of a container, whose contents may bedischarged through nipple 8, when the opening I9 is alined with thelatter.

I claim as my invention:-

1. An apparatus comprising a base section at one end of the apparatusand having a central opening therein; a hollow top section at theopposite end of the apparatus and a set of individual units removablyarranged between said sections; said set comprising a central refriger-Vating unit, and a plurality of containerunits arranged to define aspace receiving said refrigerating unit, and said top section comprisingV`a stationary disk provided with nipples arranged -said space, a pistonvalve movable to open or 1li close said ports, an operating spindleconnected `to said rotary disk and projectingl through and beyond theend of said nozzle and means at the end of Vsaid spindle for rotatingthe same.

2. An apparatus of the type defined in claim 1, in which the end of saidnozzle carries graduations and the spindle rotating means carries apointer arranged to cooperate with said grad-V uations to indicate theposition ofV the, openings in the rotary disk. Y Y

Y 3. An apparatus of the type defined in claim 1, in which therefrigerating unit is removable through the vopening in the base sectionYand gate means provided with a latch are arranged to close said openingand support said unit.

' 4. An apparatus of the type dened inclaim l, in Which'anged retainingrings are detachably secured to the top and base sections and engage theextremities of the container units to hold the saine in assembledposition.

JOSEPH GIORDANO.

